Physical reality of string theory demonstrated

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (67) | comments 51

String theory has come under fire in recent years. Promises have been made that have not been lived up to. Leiden (The Netherlands) theoretical physicists have now for the first time used string theory to describe a physical ...


UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

UQ researchers break the law -- of physics

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (45) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.


One step closer to an artificial nerve cell

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters. ...


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Social security numbers can be predicted with public information, researchers find

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information readily gleaned from governmental sources, commercial data bases, or online social networks can be used to routinely predict most — ...


Traditional stretching doesn't help, studies find

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 9

Arvelle White lifts weights three or four times a week. Before he even looks at a dumbbell, though, he hops on a treadmill and runs for 20 minutes.


New method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations

New method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (16) | comments 8

Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility ...


Researchers demonstrate reversible generation of a high capacity hydrogen storage material

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. This achievement is not only expected ...


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Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 11

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.


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Tropical zone expanding due to climate change: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the world's tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found.


Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice

Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup. When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease were given caffeine - the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day - their memory ...


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World's oldest surviving Bible published online

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.


Ancient fossils shed light on anatomical changes accompanying evolution of first land vertebrates

Ancient fossils shed light on anatomical changes accompanying evolution of first land vertebrates

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Cartoon depictions of the first animals to emerge from the ocean and walk on land often show a simple fish with feet, venturing from water to land. But according to Jennifer Clack, a paleontologist at the ...


Fish on the menu of our ancestors

First direct evidence of substantial fish consumption by early modern humans in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans.


California to require sun-blocking car windows

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (13) | comments 24

New cars sold in California must include windshields that block or absorb the sun's rays beginning in 2012, the state's Air Resources Board recently ruled.


Study finds role for parasites in evolution of sex

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6

What's so great about sex? From an evolutionary perspective, the answer is not as obvious as one might think. An article published in the July issue of the American Naturalist suggests that sex may have evolved in part a ...




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